Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1997, Croatia's population change increased by 3.6% compared to 1996, reaching 11.5.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.1.

Croatia ranks 7th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.8% (from 11.3 in 1992).

Source: Eurostat dataset demo_gind, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.